You were told you’d change the world. But there’s a better way to think about your potential.I’ve worked in communications for the past decade helping get important ideas out to the public. I’m good at what I do and I think it’s useful, but I don’t really feel like I’m having a grand impact on the world.Meanwhile, some of my friends have built their entire careers around the goal of having the biggest positive impact possible. They’re busy pulling big levers — doing global health work that saves lives, shaping federal policy that protects the environment, etc. I feel like my contribution is tiny in comparison.I know life’s not a competition, but I grew up being told I was smart and had so much potential to change the world, and I worry I’m not living up to that. On the other hand, I also value work-life balance and relationships and experiences outside of work. Should I consider switching careers to something more impactful? Do I need to have an extraordinary career, or is it okay to just do an average amount of good and live a small(ish) life?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @standardcrypto 15 Dec
You don't need to have an extraordinary career.
God has a purpose for you, but you don't know what it is. But if you pray humbly and patiently to know it (and for nothing else), you will (hopefully) be illuminated. YMMV.
https://biblehub.com/matthew/6-33.htm
Everybody has a purpose, but by definition only a few people will be exceptional / extraordinary. So if you are one of those people, great go to town, but if you are just a normie you still have a purpose, quiet your mind and get receptive to figure out what it is.
Don't do anything out of pride, do because something needs doing and specifically needs doing by you. "Change the world" yeah right, maybe, but you could also change it for the worse. So don't envy those who have more worldly success than you.
Find your level with selflessness and introspection and focus on the doing not the achievement or the praise. Harder than it sounds.
You are asking the right questions, so good on you.
Now get off my lawn.
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